Wierd Font Happenings in IE

Hi this is a really lame question, but i can't for the life of me find the answer, When i run ie the size of the writing on the screen is really small, to the point of not being able to make out what it is. I assume it is when a web page uses the browsers default font and size for things as not all the writing on the page is unreadable, so how do i change the font size, all i can find is the font itself not the size.

The other part of this problem is slightly more security based. it hasn't always been small, maybe two months ago it went larger than normal, then two weeks ago nearly back to normal and now tiny, i haven't been changing any settings and noone else has had access to my pc. About a month ago i had a trojan called winbomb, but i deleted it following instructions off the web as soon as i found it. If anyone has any ideas could you let us know.

Cheers

Hi this is a really lame question, but i can't for the life of me find the answer, When i run ie the size of the writing on the screen is really small, to the point of not being able to make out what it is. I assume it is when a web page uses the browsers default font and size for things as not all the writing on the page is unreadable, so how do i change the font size, all i can find is the font itself not the size.

The other part of this problem is slightly more security based. it hasn't always been small, maybe two months ago it went larger than normal, then two weeks ago nearly back to normal and now tiny, i haven't been changing any settings and noone else has had access to my pc. About a month ago i had a trojan called winbomb, but i deleted it following instructions off the web as soon as i found it. If anyone has any ideas could you let us know.

Cheers

change to opera.. it has a handy zooooom function..
lets ya zoom from 20 up to 1000%

It's not realy the microsoft workaround you were looking for...
I't a real sollution.. :D

change to opera.. it has a handy zooooom function..
lets ya zoom from 20 up to 1000%

It's not realy the microsoft workaround you were looking for...
I't a real sollution.. :D

Surely you can:
Open the View menu, point to Text Size, and then click the size you want.

Surely you can:
Open the View menu, point to Text Size, and then click the size you want.

Try going to 'Tools>Internet Options>Advanced' then click the 'Restore Defaults' button. Also try going into your display settings from 'Control Panel' and set any customized windows options or themes to default. That took care of it for me. Good luck.

-neta1o-

Try going to 'Tools>Internet Options>Advanced' then click the 'Restore Defaults' button. Also try going into your display settings from 'Control Panel' and set any customized windows options or themes to default. That took care of it for me. Good luck.

-neta1o-

chears Nizead that made the fonts readable, i was just being blind. But that stills leaves the question of why were they changing of their own accord, any ideas???

chears Nizead that made the fonts readable, i was just being blind. But that stills leaves the question of why were they changing of their own accord, any ideas???

Right now i have IE6, but this may hold true for some of the lower versions. If you hold down control and scroll your mouse wheel up and down, it will resize the fonts on the page. I've accidently changed mine on many occasions.

Hope this helps.

Right now i have IE6, but this may hold true for some of the lower versions. If you hold down control and scroll your mouse wheel up and down, it will resize the fonts on the page. I've accidently changed mine on many occasions.

Hope this helps.

In addition, I just figured this one out:

Some versions of Eudora Mail will actually change the registry setting for IE fonts! I work in a real estate office and the house listings are online. About 80% of the time we went in to print home listings, the IE text size would be set to "smaller" and it was barely readable when we printed. So we'd have to manually change the font size to medium and then print. The weird thing is that the setting wouldn't stay. If we changed the text size to Medium, then opened Eudora (our email program), the actual registry setting would change to "Smaller" (or whatever font size we had specified in Eudora). Damn problem pissed me off for a long time, but I finally figured out the right search terms when googling and found my answer!

In addition, I just figured this one out:

Some versions of Eudora Mail will actually change the registry setting for IE fonts! I work in a real estate office and the house listings are online. About 80% of the time we went in to print home listings, the IE text size would be set to "smaller" and it was barely readable when we printed. So we'd have to manually change the font size to medium and then print. The weird thing is that the setting wouldn't stay. If we changed the text size to Medium, then opened Eudora (our email program), the actual registry setting would change to "Smaller" (or whatever font size we had specified in Eudora). Damn problem pissed me off for a long time, but I finally figured out the right search terms when googling and found my answer!

u didn't tell us about ur IE version ?
Jinx right mate , i think why don't u try to use Opera :D

for the font problem you can visit this or this. .
or you can visit microsoft for the detail information.

if it doesn't work :rolleyes: , better u tell me your OS or IE ver.

good luck

:)

u didn't tell us about ur IE version ?
Jinx right mate , i think why don't u try to use Opera :D

for the font problem you can visit this or this. .
or you can visit microsoft for the detail information.

if it doesn't work :rolleyes: , better u tell me your OS or IE ver.

good luck

:)

cheers guys, i expect it was me holding control and using the mouse wheel by accident.

cheers guys, i expect it was me holding control and using the mouse wheel by accident.

you give the impression that the trojan may have been on your system for a while. if thats the case font size should not be your formost concern. if a trojan has gone undetected on your box for a period of time you should really re-formant and re-install and use all different passwords including the one you use with your isp. you have no idea what could have been done to your system while it was there.

you give the impression that the trojan may have been on your system for a while. if thats the case font size should not be your formost concern. if a trojan has gone undetected on your box for a period of time you should really re-formant and re-install and use all different passwords including the one you use with your isp. you have no idea what could have been done to your system while it was there.